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gridiron

[grid-ahy-ern] / ˈgrɪdˌaɪ ərn /




NOUN
frying pan
Synonyms


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Harris not only excels on the oval, but also on the gridiron.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Tickets for the gridiron finale start at around $6,000, making them out of reach for the vast majority of undocumented people, who tend to work in low-paying jobs.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Phil Knight, who bankrolls Oregon, turned Nike into an intercontinental empire that transformed the Ducks into a gridiron behemoth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The inside baseball, or in this case, football, makes this Netflix series a fascinating watch for NFL fans, but pulling back the curtain on the gridiron gods’ humanity is where it shines.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

While they were forced to run up and down the sandy gridiron, Milton was reading a paragraph by someone named Carlyle and answering the questions that followed.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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